Through A Glass, Darkly

Author: Jostein Gaarder

The questioning of universal ideas that so many readers loved in Sophie’s World continues in this beautiful, moving and wonderfully original novel.As Cecilia lies ill in bed and her family prepare for Christmas, knowing she will not recover, an angel steps through her window. But Ariel is no ordinary angel—at least, he does not conform to conventional ideas of what an ange….Read More

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